Canadian regulator overrules environmental activists to approve Chevron LNG permit
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said it had approved an application from Chevron Corp. for a 40-year licence to export natural gas from the proposed Kitimat LNG project on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia despite environmental opposition.
Chevron makes progress with revived and redesigned Canadian Kitimat LNG project
US major Chevron Corp. is continuing to progress with its revived Canadian Kitimat liquefied natural gas export project originally proposed with Apache Corp. for Bish Cove in British Columbia.
ExxonMobil ends permit process for Canadian LNG project planned for port of Prince Rupert
US major ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil Resources have decided not to proceed with their plans for an LNG export project near the Port of Prince Rupert, where a liquefaction plant was proposed on the same scale as Royal Dutch Shell’s LNG Canada joint venture.
Canadian federal regulator schedules hearings on pipelines that may delay LNG Canada plans
The Canadian National Energy Board said it was scheduling hearings over the next three months to consider a jurisdictional challenge of the approval of a pipeline needed to supply feed-gas to the LNG Canada project led by Royal Dutch Shell.
Canadian pipeline support contracts awarded on condition LNG Canada project goes ahead
Civeo, the US workforce accommodation specialist based in Houston, said it was awarded contracts to supply temporary work camps at four locations along the Canadian Coastal GasLink pipeline conditional on the LNG Canada liquefaction and export project going ahead near Kitimat in British Columbia.
TransCanada given approval for Montney pipeline of cancelled Pacific Northwest LNG
TransCanada Corp. said the National Energy Board had recommended government approval of a variance to the previously issued North Montney Mainline Project certificate, allowing construction to start on the $1.4 billion project originally linked to a cancelled LNG venture.
Shell-led LNG Canada export project may seek start of construction before the end of 2018
LNG Canada, the largest export project proposed for the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia, could hold a ground-breaking ceremony before the end of 2018 as the joint venture led by Royal Dutch Shell gets back on track.
Canadian National Energy Board decision adds to natural gas market and LNG project gridlock
The Canadian National Energy Board has added to the uncertainty in the natural gas market by declining a request by the largest pipeline company, TransCanada, to amend its tariff for storage transportation on the Canadian Mainline Gas system amid LNG project postponements and plunging prices.
Canadian market gloom deepens as even regulator expected LNG exports by 2019
The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) forecasts that the country’s natural gas production will increase through the next decade, though exports by pipeline to the United States are expected to continue to decline and Canada will rely on sending LNG exports to Asia by 2019 or thereafter.
US shipping group Crowley plans truck and ship exports from small Canada LNG plants
US shipping group Crowley has applied to the Canadian National Energy Board for an export permit to ship LNG south by truck, barge or ship from small-scale liquefaction plants currently operating or being expanded in Canada.
